by D'nelle | Jun 26, 2015 | the one with culture - pop, southern or otherwise, the one with love
“Freedom of Intimacy is abridged rather than expanded by marriage. Ask the nearest hippie.” Well, I am a happy hippie today, Scalia. If I am ever nearby, I will be very happy to explain to you how marriage has expanded my freedom, especially of intimacy.... 
by D'nelle | Jun 25, 2015 | the one with love, the one with poetry & writing
There are days when I can’t shake it, that suspicion that all the world wants is to take things away. Days when only poetry keeps me in balance. Days when even the full, yellow sunshine of our star isn’t enough, when the light disappears and I’m... 
by D'nelle | Jun 3, 2015 | the one with family, the one with love, the one with the road
It has been a spring full of travel. Thanks to the luxuries of a Southwest Companion Pass and work I can do from anywhere with a wifi signal, I’ve already hit Tampa, Dallas and Denver. Right now, we’re en route west to Phoenix for two weeks of... 
by D'nelle | Apr 10, 2015 | the one with culture - pop, southern or otherwise, the one with family, the one with love, the one with the fat girl
If you’re hearing strains of Carly Simon right about now, you are welcome to go ahead and assure yourself that I’m not talking about you, specifically, if that’s what you need, because really I’m talking about everyone and no one at the same... 
by D'nelle | Mar 2, 2015 | the one with culture - pop, southern or otherwise, the one with family, the one with the road
[above: Cece’s least favorite reason for waiting is that I’m on my phone. What made dogs grumpy before the advent of the smartphone?] When I was 12, I started reading Cosmopolitan magazine. In retrospect, how I managed to convince anyone to buy such junk... 